CNN | Ron Paul has won two separate tallies for the National Federation of Republican Assemblies Presidential Straw Poll. Paul won both the Iowa-voters-only count at the Saturday convention in Des Moines as well as a tally of non-Iowans who participated.

BusinessWeek.com | Political dysfunction is often blamed for Congress’s inability to curb the U.S. budget deficit. An even bigger obstacle may be the American public. A record 49 percent of Americans live in a household where someone receives at least one type of government benefit, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And 63 percent of all federal spending this year will consist of checks written to individuals for which the government receives currently no services, the White House budget office estimates. That’s up from 46 percent in 1975 and 18 percent in 1940.

Real Clear Politics | Ron Paul would not pledge to rule out a third-party run for president if he did not get the Republican nod. Paul said he is running for the Republican nomination and to make such an announcement now would undermine his current campaign. Paul was discussing his candidacy with the panel on FOX News' "Special Report." However, Ron Paul hinted several times during the interview that the thought is in his mind. P

RonPaul2012.com | Last week in a post titled “Ron Paul is Pure American Conservatism,” I noted: “The Los Angeles Times contrasts Ron Paul with the other presidential candidates: The basic question posed by the likes of Republicans Herman Cain, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry is:  ‘Would this person do a better job as president than Barack Obama has?’ The basic questions posed by Rep. Ron Paul’s candidacy is: ‘Why do we have a federal government?’  ’Why is the federal government performing so many functions?’

AP | Republican presidential contender Ron Paul is opening his wallet for $2 million of television ads that criticize rivals Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Herman Cain for supporting federal spending while touting his own proposal for drastically shrinking Washington's bottom line.

YouTube.com | Ron Paul at the GOP debate on October 18, 2011

RonPaul2012.com | The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign raised more campaign donations from active military than all other presidential candidates—Republican or Democrat—including having raised more funds from this segment than all other GOP competitors combined, and more than incumbent President Barack Obama.

HuffingtonPost.com | Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's presidential bid is more than $1.1 million in debt. The Georgia Republican on Saturday said he had about $350,000 in the bank and brought in more than $800,000 during the last three months. The presidential contender says the average donation was $76.

RonPaul2012.com | The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign announced the release of Dr. Paul’s “Plan to Restore America,” an ambitious federal government spending, tax and reform blueprint that as President he will implement. The plan, authored by Paul’s campaign staff at his direction, promises to restore the federal government to its former Constitutionally-limited, smaller-government and less-burdensome place.  The plan cuts $1 trillion in federal spending during the first year of a Paul Presidency and delivers a balanced budget in year three of a Paul Presidency.

Prisonplanet.com | An interesting piece from Investors.com notes that the corporate media darling GOP frontrunner, Mitt Romney, previously sought advice from White House science czar John P. Holdren when crafting carbon tax legislation for Massachusetts five years ago.

Youtube | Fox News says "People Don't Understand the Power of Ron Paul"

 Youtube | GOP strategist says Ron Paul has good chance at winning Republican nomination for presidency.

ChuckBaldwinLive.com | In a recent column appearing on InfoWars.com, Kurt Nimmo succinctly and correctly pointed out that the federal government’s usurpation of State sovereignty, jurisdiction, and authority is worsening. The current case in point is the recent open letter to all firearms dealers by the ATF. Nimmo begins, “In its continuing effort to pare down the number of Americans who can exercise their rights under the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has sent a letter to firearms dealers informing them that medical patients ‘addicted’ to legally dispensed medical marijuana have no right to own and possess firearms.

ABC News | War is the greatest threat to the modern family, Rep. Ron Paul told an audience filled with social conservative activists today. Speaking to a packed crowd at the Values Voters Summit in Washington D.C., the Texas congressman  said that wars in the last decade cost  thousands of soldiers’ lives. Paul added that many more were left jobless as trillions poured out of the economy.When you lose a job, it’s hard to keep the family together,” said Paul.

RonPaul2012.com | The Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign announced today that it has raised more than $8 million in the third quarter from more than 100,000 unique donors – more than five times the number of total donors to the campaign of Texas Governor Rick Perry.